267 £m
project value.
South West Acute Hospital
RPS was appointed as fire engineering consultant on this 380-bed acute hospital. The £267 million project provided all single rooms with en-suite facilities along with an A&E department, laboratory services, inpatient services (including critical care, major and emergency surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology) as well as outpatient services.
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Key details
Project name
South West Acute Hospital
Client
FCC Infrastructure and Interserve
Location
Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Services provided
- Fire engineering
Challenge
In terms of fire safety, the strategy for the hospital was based on the “Hospital Street” concept. The street runs for the full length of the building, broken up by a central atrium space and acts as a primary means of escape from the building in the event of a fire and also serves as a protected mustering point for the fire brigade. The design included a number of departures from standard guidance and fine engineering techniques were adopted to address these departures, including: smoke control provisions in the atrium; firefighting facilities; compartmentation and sub-compartmentation proposals; and extensions in travel distance.
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Project statistics
380
bed spaces provided.
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